Government Grants for Lean Six Sigma Business Improvements

Posted by Ketan ChandariaDecember 11th, 2017

How government grants support business improvement.

Businesses are often unaware of their eligibility to receive one or more business improvement grants.

The Australian government has a number of assistance programmes that have been designed to support businesses of all sizes and industries. The main purpose of these programmes is to improve productivity, competitiveness and to create jobs.

Through the utilisation of government assistance programmes, Vative have helped a vast number of businesses improve their systems, processes and people to deliver consulting, implementation and training services.

Vative can help you achieve your organisational goals by applying for funded assistance on your behalf. This will ensure your costs are kept to a minimum and your return on investment (ROI) is substantial.

Speak with one of our friendly Vative professionals for more information around how an assistance programme can help fund improvement initiatives for your business.

What are some of the Lean projects that Vative can implement through government grants?

For each client, Vative conducts a strategic business assessment and provides suggestions on which Lean projects will deliver the greatest benefit to the business.

Some of these Lean projects are:

5S – Workplace organisation

Kaizen and Continuous Improvement

Kanban and Just In Time (JIT)

Quality Tools (8D, EWS or FMEA)

Quick Change Over (SMED)

Lean Metrics and Score boarding

Six Sigma Green Belt

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)

Mistake or Error Proofing

Value Stream Mapping

Professional Leadership Coaching

Time and Motion Studies

Layout Planning

Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

Labour Balancing

Capacity Planning and OEE

Marketing Strategy

Supply Chain Planning / Forensics

Quality Management Systems

Strategic Business Planning

Staff will also be educated on how to implement these projects (with hands-on help from Vative), in order to ensure business improvement is sustainabale.

Vative have extensive experience with successful improvement and change programs. A program is only deemed complete, once your business improvement objectives are met. We won’t stop working with you until you achieve your ROI and meet the agreed improvement objectives that will be set prior to commencement of any Vative program. That’s just one of the reasons why Vative has been a partner of choice for some of Australia’s largest organisations.

Next Step: Government Grant Eligibility Survey

We encourage you to take two minutes of your time and complete the online form attached to the link below. Often business owners are not aware of their eligibility for business improvement based government grants.